Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology

, Volume 19, Issue 4, pp 1006–1017 | Cite as

Parallelized unstructured-grid finite volume method for modeling radiative heat transfer

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Abstract

In this work, we developed an accurate and efficient radiative finite volume method applicable for the complex 2D planar and 3D geometries using an unstructured-grid finite volume method. The present numerical model has fully been validated by several benchmark cases including the radiative heat transfer in quadrilateral enclosure with isothermal medium, tetrahedral enclosure, a three-dimensional idealized furnace, as well as convection-coupled radiative heat transfer in a square enclosure. The numerical results for all cases are well agreed with the previous results. Special emphasis is given to the parallelization of the unstructured-grid radiative FVM using the domain decomposition approach. Numerical results indicate that the present parallel unstructured-grid FVM has the good performance in terms of accuracy, geometric flexibility, and computational efficiency.

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Radiative Heat Transfer Unstructured-Grid Finite Volume Method Parallel Algorithm 
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Authors and Affiliations

  1. 1.Department of Mechanical EngineeringHanyang UniversitySeoulKorea

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